Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 142,963
Test Sponsor: Dell Inc. SPEC License #: 55 Test Method: Multi Node
Tested By: Dell Inc. Test Location: Round Rock, TX, USA Test Date: Jun 20, 2012
Hardware Availability: May-2012 Software Availability: Dec-2011 Publication: Jul 11, 2012
System Source: Single Supplier System Designation: Server Power Provisioning: Line-powered
Benchmark Results Summary
Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
Target Actual
Calibration 1     143,476
Calibration 2     144,780
Calibration 3     143,720
ssj_ops@calibrated=144,250
100% 99.1% 144,250 142,963
90% 90.0% 129,825 129,821
80% 80.4% 115,400 115,933
70% 70.0% 100,975 100,915
60% 59.8% 86,550 86,314
50% 50.1% 72,125 72,268
40% 39.8% 57,700 57,397
30% 29.6% 43,275 42,683
20% 20.1% 28,850 29,034
10% 9.9% 14,425 14,225
Active Idle   0 0
Graph of results
System Under Test
Set: 'sut'
Set Identifier: sut
Set Description: M420
# of Identical Nodes: 32
Comment: None
Hardware
Hardware Vendor: Dell Inc.
Model: PowerEdge M420
Form Factor: Blade
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2470 (2.3 GHz)
CPU Characteristics: 8 Core, 2.30 GHz, 20MB L3 Cache
CPU Frequency (MHz): 2300
CPU(s) Enabled: 16 cores, 2 chips, 8 cores/chip
Hardware Threads: 32 (2 / core)
CPU(s) Orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per chip
Tertiary Cache: 20 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory Amount (GB): 24
# and size of DIMM: 6 x 4096 MB
Memory Details: 4GB 2Rx8 PC3L-10600R ECC RDIMM, Slots A1-A3, B1-B3 populated
Power Supply Quantity and Rating (W): None
Power Supply Details: Shared
Disk Drive: 1 x 50 GB 1.8" SATA SSD Dell P/N 02KFM
Disk Controller: PERC H310
# and type of Network Interface Cards (NICs) Installed: 1 x Onboard dual-port Broadcom 10Gb Ethernet
NICs Enabled in Firmware / OS / Connected: 2/2/1
Network Speed (Mbit): 1000
Keyboard: None
Mouse: None
Monitor: None
Optical Drives: No
Other Hardware: None
Software
Power Management: Power Saver Mode in OS (See Notes)
Operating System (OS): Windows 2008 Server Enterprise x64 Edition
OS Version: R2 SP1
Filesystem: NTFS
JVM Vendor: Oracle Corporation
JVM Version: Oracle Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM on Windows, version 1.6.0_30
JVM Command-line Options: -server -showversion -Xmx1600m -Xms1600m -Xmn1200m -XX:ParallelGCThreads=2 -XX:SurvivorRatio=60 -XX:TargetSurvivorRatio=90 -XX:InlineSmallCode=3900 -XX:MaxInlineSize=270 -XX:FreqInlineSize=2500 -XX:AllocatePrefetchDistance=256 -XX:AllocatePrefetchLines=4 -XX:InitialTenuringThreshold=12 -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=15 -XX:LoopUnrollLimit=45 -XX:+UseCompressedStrings -XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:+UseLargePages -XX:+UseParallelOldGC
JVM Affinity: start /affinity [F, F0, F00, F000, F0000, F00000, F000000, F0000000]
JVM Instances: 8
JVM Initial Heap (MB): 1600
JVM Maximum Heap (MB): 1600
JVM Address Bits: 64
Boot Firmware Version: 1.0.0
Management Firmware Version: iDRAC7 1.10 Build 20
Workload Version: SSJ 1.2.9
Director Location: Controller
Other Software: None
Boot Firmware Settings
  • Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch disabled.
  • Hardware Prefetcher Disabled.
  • DCU Streamer Prefetcher disabled.
  • User Accessible USB Ports set to Disabled.
  • CPU Power management set to System DBPM (DAPC).
  • Memory Speed set to 1067MHz.
  • Turbo Boost Disabled.
  • C1E Enabled.
  • C States enabled
  • QPI speed set to 6.4 GT/s.
  • Memory Patrol Scrub disabled.
  • Memory refresh rate set to 1x.
  • Memory Operating Voltage set to Auto.
    • Management Firmware Settings
    none
    System Under Test Notes
  • Each JVM instance was affinitized to four logical processors.
  • Using the local security settings console, "lock pages in memory" was enabled for the user running the benchmark.
  • Run was started remotely via psexec script.
  • Windows Power Saver Settings:
  • Turn off Hard Disk after 1 Minute.
  • Turn off Display after 1 Minute.
  • SPECpower_ssj.props input.load_level.number_warehouses set to 32 due to a known inconsistency in processor reporting with this Java version.
    • Notes
    None
    Performance Details
    Target Load Actual Load Transaction Type Count Total Heap (MB)
    Calibration 1 New Order 10,440,158 1,589
    Payment 10,440,153
    Order Status 1,044,016
    Delivery 1,044,016
    Stock Level 1,044,015
    Customer Report 10,440,147
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,533,005 1,589
    Payment 10,533,003
    Order Status 1,053,300
    Delivery 1,053,299
    Stock Level 1,053,301
    Customer Report 10,533,004
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,460,645 1,589
    Payment 10,460,645
    Order Status 1,046,065
    Delivery 1,046,064
    Stock Level 1,046,065
    Customer Report 10,460,648
    100% 99.1% New Order 10,402,122 1,589
    Payment 10,402,128
    Order Status 1,040,212
    Delivery 1,040,212
    Stock Level 1,040,209
    Customer Report 10,402,118
    90% 90.0% New Order 9,442,033 1,589
    Payment 9,442,023
    Order Status 944,203
    Delivery 944,204
    Stock Level 944,202
    Customer Report 9,442,024
    80% 80.4% New Order 8,431,577 1,589
    Payment 8,431,581
    Order Status 843,159
    Delivery 843,157
    Stock Level 843,157
    Customer Report 8,431,578
    70% 70.0% New Order 7,339,328 1,589
    Payment 7,339,336
    Order Status 733,933
    Delivery 733,933
    Stock Level 733,933
    Customer Report 7,339,331
    60% 59.8% New Order 6,277,955 1,589
    Payment 6,277,955
    Order Status 627,795
    Delivery 627,794
    Stock Level 627,797
    Customer Report 6,277,958
    50% 50.1% New Order 5,255,926 1,589
    Payment 5,255,922
    Order Status 525,595
    Delivery 525,592
    Stock Level 525,592
    Customer Report 5,255,921
    40% 39.8% New Order 4,174,375 1,589
    Payment 4,174,369
    Order Status 417,440
    Delivery 417,435
    Stock Level 417,437
    Customer Report 4,174,377
    30% 29.6% New Order 3,104,227 1,589
    Payment 3,104,228
    Order Status 310,422
    Delivery 310,423
    Stock Level 310,422
    Customer Report 3,104,227
    20% 20.1% New Order 2,111,626 1,589
    Payment 2,111,625
    Order Status 211,161
    Delivery 211,163
    Stock Level 211,163
    Customer Report 2,111,614
    10% 9.9% New Order 1,034,546 1,589
    Payment 1,034,548
    Order Status 103,454
    Delivery 103,455
    Stock Level 103,455
    Customer Report 1,034,542
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0